MacBook Pro 16” - where to buy

codo

Thanks 400ixl, that was something I hadn’t even thought about. 

DUBVENDOR

Hoxton Macs have loads of used machines or maybe CEX if your looking at pre owned 

DullGreyGuy

GDB2222 said:

400ixl said:

The key with buying a non new Mac is to make sure there is no Mobile Device Management (MDM) software on it that will stop you being able to fully use it.

Can you not just reformat the hard disk and install a fresh copy of the os?

No...

MacOS won't allow you to format the HD whilst security is in place and you cannot remove the HD as its an SSD on the motherboard.

Security is managed by the T2 chip which is a computer in its own right (its a modified A10 from the iPhone 7 with its own ram and OS (BridgeOS)) so even if you found a way to format the HD the T2 would still hold encryption keys and attempt to use it when interacting with the hd which would fail as the drive hasn't been setup with the old key. 


There are a lot of charities etc complaining about Macs because without the log in details they are basically bricks and all you can resell is the screen and case because everything else is on the mobo which cannot be unlocked

flaneurs_lobster

400ixl said:

The key with buying a non new Mac is to make sure there is no Mobile Device Management (MDM) software on it that will stop you being able to fully use it.

Off topic but a recent thread had someone who couldn't re-trade an iPhone because of MDM from a previous owner.